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by Bertrand (c1625 - 1690)

Pourquoy vous offencer
Language: French (Français) 
Pourquoy vous offencer, beauté pour qui je meurs ?
Si je perds le respect en blasmant vos rigueurs,
De mon amour je ne suis plus le maistre :
Quand je voudrois l'empescher de paroistre,
Hélas ! Philis, mes soupirs et mes pleurs
Vous le seroient cognoistre.

Au lieu d'avoir pitié de mon sort malheureux
Vostre cœur inhumain devient plus rigoureux,
Sans m'estre plaint dans ma douleur extresme:
Quand je voudrois celer que je vous ayme,
Hélas ! Philis, mes soupirs amoureux
M'accuseroient moy-mesme.

Text Authorship:

  • by Bertrand (c1625 - 1690) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696), "Pourquoy vous offencer" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-04-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

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